San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

NLDS - GAME 1 • CHC lead series 1-0

87-75, 42-39 Away

Final

103-58, 57-24 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
G. HernandezCF	1-4	.250
B. Belt1B	0-3	.000
E. NunezPH	0-1	.000
B. PoseyC	2-4	.500
G. BlancoPR	0-0	.000
H. PenceRF	1-4	.250
A. PagánLF	1-3	.333
B. CrawfordSS	0-3	.000
K. Tomlinson2B	0-3	.000
C. Gillaspie3B	1-3	.333
J. CuetoP	0-3	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Cueto	8.0	3	1	0	10	118-74	1.13

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

9:00 PM, October 7, 2016Coverage: FS1

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 42,148

Game Time:2:30

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Todd Tichenor
First Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Second Base Umpire - Larry Vanover
Third Base Umpire - Marvin Hudson
Left Field Umpire - John Hirschbeck
Right Field Umpire - Mike Muchlinski

Cubs edge Giants behind Lester gem, Baez blast

Jon Lester outpitched Johnny Cueto with eight sparkling innings, Javier Baez homered in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 in a tense NLDS Game 1.

Oct 8, 2016, 02:35 am - Associated Press


SF
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	1	3	0

Scoring Summary

Inning				SF	CHC
		8th	Báez homered to left (359 feet).	0	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Giants
0
Cubs
1

Game 1

10/7

Giants
2
Cubs
5

Game 2

10/8

Cubs
5
Giants
6

Game 3

10/10

Cubs
6
Giants
5

Game 4

10/11

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Los Angeles	100	62	.617	-	W3
San Diego	91	71	.562	9	W2
Arizona	86	76	.531	14	L2
San Francisco	65	97	.401	35	L5
Colorado	58	104	.358	42	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

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San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

Cubs edge Giants behind Lester gem, Baez blast

J. Lester1-0

J. Cueto0-1

A. Chapman1

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